The Amihan (northeast monsoon), bringing fresh air from the plateaus of the snowy region of Asia and the Himalaya, usually turns to Habagat (southwest monsoon), coming over the southwestern Pacific, in April or May.
See also our Climate page.
El Niño is the unusual warming of ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific and is characterized by below normal rainfall.
The weather bureau said it is expecting a long dry summer this year due to the prevailing El Niño. It also warned of the possibility of temperatures rising and staying at 36 degrees Celsius over several days during the summer season.
An official of the Department of Agriculture said that at least 23 provinces would be hard hit by El Niño in the coming months. The total agricultural production losses would be from P8 billion to P9 billion in a mild (El Niño), while damage in a severe dry spell could reach up to P20 billion
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( 0 / 0 )South Phoenix Airways will soon launch domestic flights between Iba, Zambales and Metro Manila
The airline is looking at a minimum of three daily flights, three times a week. The route will shorten travel between Metro Manila and Iba to only 20 minutes.
South Phoenix’s Scheduled Commuter Flight Operations utilize YS-11 sixty (60) seater Turbo-prop aircrafts based in Zamboanga city and caters to the country’s backdoor traffic (traders and Overseas Filiipino Workers) linking Southern Philippines to the BIMP-EAGA (Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area) region.
The network today is composed of:
VISAYAS
Cebu, Bacolod, Kalibo, Dumaguete, Tagbilaran,
MINDANAO
Butuan, Bislig, Camiguin, Cotabato, Dipolog, Pagadian, Iligan, Jolo, Tawi-tawi
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Labuan, Brunei, Sandakan and Sabah, Malaysia
See here for more information about South Phoenix Airways
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( 0 / 0 )Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) announced today in the Manila Bulletin that they resume Caticlan operations starting March 1, 2010, after an almost 7-month hiatus from flying to the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, the gateway to Boracay.
According to a CAAP (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines) memo dated January 25, 2010, CEB aircraft can now take off both ways in the Godofredo Ramos Airport runway. In the event of unavoidable airport conditions, flights to Caticlan may still be diverted to Kalibo.
Starting March 1, 2010, CEB will gradually reintroduce its Caticlan flights into service, beginning with the transfer of four Manila-Kalibo and one Cebu-Kalibo flights to Caticlan.
The airline expects to resume full Caticlan operations by March 28, 2010, with 11 Manila-Caticlan Manila flights and 1 Cebu-Caticlan-Cebu flight daily. This gives CEB the most number of airline seats to and from Caticlan.
And when will SEAIR come back to Camiguin?
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( 0 / 0 )Do you remember Herman's Hermits song " No milk today "?
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why
(...)
This is what we sing these days on Camiguin Island. Milk is out of stock everywhere! And cornflakes with milkpowder for breakfast is a bit dry...
Let's hope that the milkman finds again a ferry to Camiguin.
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( 0 / 0 )A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook Baguio City early this morning.
The weak tremor happened around 5:20 a.m., with the center traced in San Manuel, Pangasinan, northeast of Dagupan City.
The quake which was tectonic in origin was also felt in Clark in Pampanga.
Phivolcs recorded no aftershocks or significant damaged caused by the quake.
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( 0 / 0 )Thank you for visiting the silent-gardens.com website.
In January 2010 you have again been more than 1400 visitors every day.
You came from:
1 United States of America
2 Philippines
3 Switzerland
4 Australia
5 France
6 Japan
7 Germany
8 Sweden
9 Netherlands
10 Canada
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( 0 / 0 )3 tectonic earthquakes have been reported on January 31.
The first quake with a magnitude of 5.5 happened at midnight southeast of General Santos. The epicentre laid only 4km deep.
The second one with a magnitude of 3.7 shook one hour later in San Carlos (Pangasinan). Its epicentre was in depth of 141km.
And the third one happened at 7:25 in the morning again southeast of General Santos. It had a depth of 198km and a magnitude of 4.8.
Only the las earthquake could be felt in and around General Santos.
None of the quakes caused any damage.
The Philippines is prone to earthquake occurrences as well as volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its geographic location within the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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( 0 / 0 )The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission has imposed a two-year ban on tuna fishing on countries in the western and central Pacific region, including the Philippines, reportedly due to overfishing.
On the one hand this ban should allow the tuna to partially recover from overfishing.
On the other hand, there will be over 100'000 fishermen without work in southern Mindanao. This ban may push General Santos City into deep social problems. General Santos City is the Philippines tuna capital.
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( 0 / 0 )A magnitude 6.1 quake shook Bicol this morning at 3:11 am. No damages were reported.
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( 0 / 0 )As there is no recent ferry accident reported, we would like to show you, what we saw on December 27, 2009.
Sorry, the ferry is full! Oh no, we have a ticket and have to go now!
Pinoys do not know the word IMPOSSIBLE.
And a last lift!
Done! Who said, that the ferry was full?
PS: We took another ferry...
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